Relatives in professional sports

[gosensgo101]

Curling: More of a sport that MMA

[Jeffy25]

I have always viewed fighting as an incredibly immature act, and turning it into a sport is just stupid.

I am willing to admit that I don't know anything about the process of the game/sport whatever you want to call it, but it is something I will never watch, and can not understand why it has such a following.

[Kobie]

I have always viewed fighting as an incredibly immature act, and turning it into a sport is just stupid.

I am willing to admit that I don't know anything about the process of the game/sport whatever you want to call it, but it is something I will never watch, and can not understand why it has such a following.

Because people like to watch people beat the **** out of each other. They always have.

[actionjackson]

Oh, and I went to high school with Tim Redding. And I work with the guy who took the video of LeBron getting dunked on at his basketball camp last year that Nike confiscated. So yeah.

I hope Nike paid dearly for that video because that's pretty petty and kind of pathetic.

[ragecage]

I have always viewed fighting as an incredibly immature act, and turning it into a sport is just stupid.

I am willing to admit that I don't know anything about the process of the game/sport whatever you want to call it, but it is something I will never watch, and can not understand why it has such a following.

It's not stupid, it's business. Someone willing to pay money to see people fight is all business and there's nothing stupid about it.

You can insert that line into any kind of sport you don't like. Like it or not, UFC is growing into one of the most popular sports in America.

[actionjackson]

MMA ain't my cup of tea and crumpets, but that doesn't mean I would question its status as a sport. Of course it's a sport. It's bloody and it's violent, but the NFL and NHL are violent as well and I don't see anyone here questioning their status as sports.

Whether anyone watches the NHL south of the 49th is a whole nuther story. I mean if Americans aren't watching the NHL after the Hawks/Flyers series and the success of their Olympic team at Vancouver 2010 they never will. It's still a sport, just not a major one.

[ragecage]

MMA ain't my cup of tea and crumpets, but that doesn't mean I would question its status as a sport. Of course it's a sport. It's bloody and it's violent, but the NFL and NHL are violent as well and I don't see anyone here questioning their status as sports.

Whether anyone watches the NHL south of the 49th is a whole nuther story. I mean if Americans aren't watching the NHL after the Hawks/Flyers series and the success of their Olympic team at Vancouver 2010 they never will. It's still a sport, just not a major one.

Well I tried getting into NHL when the Ducks made it to the Cup awhile back and just can never get into it. Nor soccer mind you.

[Jeffy25]

I got into hockey when I lived in stl and my buddy had season tickets...we went to a lot of Blues games and Cards games, each of us educating the other on the sport and the teams.

I cared the two/three years that I lived up there, and have sort of lost interest since moving away again.

I have never been able to get into football, even though I like the sport, I have just never really cared that much about it.

[Jeffy25]

soccer and hockey video games are fun, but beside that, I don't really care to watch them

[Jeffy25]

MMA ain't my cup of tea and crumpets, but that doesn't mean I would question its status as a sport. Of course it's a sport. It's bloody and it's violent, but the NFL and NHL are violent as well and I don't see anyone here questioning their status as sports.

a lot of it is, were scoring points, were using a ball, we are tactfully trying to score in one way or another....not just who beats the other up the most.

[gosensgo101]

I will never get into soccer. But I don't question that its not a sport, even if its a silly one.

[Jeffy25]

I will never get into soccer. But I don't question that its not a sport, even if its a silly one.

I don't question soccer, or any other sports that involve, ya know, scoring

[Jeffy25]

http://rootzoo.com/articles/view/Wat...-a-Sport_11317

[Kobie]

I don't question soccer, or any other sports that involve, ya know, scoring

Or not scoring, as is the case in most soccer games.

If it's not a knockout or submission, MMA has scoring.

[Jeffy25]

not, and never will be a sport in my book, it's pointless, stupid, and ****ed up....hey cool! I'm gonna try to beat the **** out of some other guy and be the toughest!

I understand it takes tremendous skill and agility, but it's ****ing stupid, really stupid. I personally, would never want to roll around on some mat with another guy all greased and oiled up wearing only a small pair of shorts. Give me a sport I can drink to, or actually enjoy playing that takes some actually thinking and analytical planning and skill, rather than kicking out the other dudes feet and trying to pin him.